Wulff construction in statistical mechanics and in combinatorics
arXiv:math-ph/0010039 · doi:10.1070/RM2001v056n04ABEH000417
Abstract
We present the geometric solutions to some variational problems of statistical mechanics and combinatorics. Together with the Wulff construction, which predicts the shape of the crystals, we discuss the construction which exhibits the shape of a typical Young diagram and of a typical skyscraper.
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